CELSIUS 273 | Gerda Liu is a concrete jewelry artist who creates jewelry inspired by architecture. This collection METABOLISM | BETWEEN UTOPIA AND REALITY inspired by Tokyo metabolist/ brutalist architecture and exhibited in Tokyo, DESIGNART festival, Kaunas city museum and etc. This collection was nominated for GOOD DESIGN award 2019.

More about the collection:

METABOLISM | BETWEEN UTOPIA AND REALITY aims to draw attention to motifs of buildings that change architectural form and acquire different meanings. The collection beckons to experience the primal frame of reference, where simple urban motifs and shapes turn into utopian and realistic urban components able to unfold in the context of the transformation of the city.

Object
Building: Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center
Architect: Kenzo Tange
Year: 1967
Style: metabolism
Place: Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Material: concrete, natural leather

Form: necklace
Size: one size